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Historical Event on 8/5/1999
The Global Peace March demands demilitarisation of the entire planet.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1947 | India and Pakistan gain independence (dominion status). Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Mohammad Ali Jinnah is appointed the Governor General of Pakistan. Independent India's first cabinet meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister held. Members of the first Cabinet were: 1. J. L. Nehru - PM, External and Commonwealth Relations and Scientific Research, 2. Sardar Patel - Home Information and Broadcasting and States, 3. Dr. Rajendra Praised - Food and Agriculture, 4. Maulana Azad - Education, 5. John Mathai - Railways and Transport, 6. Sardar Baldev Singh - Defence, 7. Jagjivan Ram - Labour, 8. C. H. Bhabha - Commerce, 9. R. A. Kidwai - Communications, 10. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur - Health, 11. B. R. Ambedkar - Law 12. R. K. Sanmukham Chetty - Finance, 13. Shyama Prasad Mookerji - Industries and Supplies, 14. N. V. Gadgil - Works, Mines and Power. |
| 7/12/1980 | Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha. |
| 12/23/1900 | Kalicharan Patnaik, famous Orria dramatist, poet and journalist, was born. |
| 7/16/1969 | Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet. |
| 2/1/1986 | Pope John Paul II arrives in New Delhi for a 10-day visit. |
| 5/10/1927 | Nayantara Sahgal, famous writer and social reformer, was born. |
| 2/1/1910 | Jahangir Mohammed Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36), was born in Jallundar. |
| 4/22/1994 | Sushil, great Jain Muni Acharya, passed away. |
| 6/17/1933 | The civil disobedience campaign ended. |
| 10/6/1858 | Nanasaheb Peshwa, a revolutionary of first mutiny, died. |
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